{"id":24912,"date":"2017-03-31T13:56:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T17:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24912"},"modified":"2017-03-31T20:29:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T00:29:47","slug":"the-parable-of-the-green-samaritan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-parable-of-the-green-samaritan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Parable of the Green Samaritan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stcuthbertsleaside.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Cuthbert\u2019s<\/a> in the Diocese of Toronto prides itself on its \u201cenvironmental awareness\u201d: it observes earth hour by igniting toluene polluting candles and, apparently, conducts <em>eco-funerals<\/em>; I\u2019m not sure what they are but perhaps the bodies are cremated by candle heat.<\/p>\n<p>In this spirit of Gaia awareness, St. Cuthbert\u2019s has reinterpreted the parable of the good Samaritan. The answer to the question posed to Jesus, \u201cAnd who is my neighbor?\u201d has been expanded to include trees. For my part, that seems like an excellent idea: trees are so much easier to like than people \u2013 they don\u2019t argue, fight, complain, or <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2014\/03\/28\/white-house-looks-to-regulate-cow-flatulence-as-part-of-climate-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\">flatulate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24914 \" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MG_3966-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"164\" \/>From <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoobserver.ca\/2017\/03\/29\/church-takes-down-to-earth-approach-to-the-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor a long time, we\u2019ve really struggled with (the question) what does that mean to love your neighbour? Now we are entering into this idea that neighbour should include endangered species,\u201d LaFleur said.<\/p>\n<p>To end the day, the massive white oak tree outside of the church was officially recognized as an Ontario Heritage Tree. Forests Ontario has been recognizing trees that have unique features, historical relevance, or artistic significance since 2009. For Canada\u2019s 150th anniversary, Forests Ontario will be recognizing 150 notable trees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Cuthbert\u2019s in the Diocese of Toronto prides itself on its \u201cenvironmental awareness\u201d: it observes earth hour by igniting toluene polluting candles and, apparently, conducts eco-funerals; I\u2019m not sure what they are but perhaps the bodies are cremated by candle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-parable-of-the-green-samaritan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[2122,2444],"class_list":["post-24912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-toronto","tag-earth-hour","tag-st-cuthberts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}